Nobody can really be convinced of something he or she doesn't need to believe in through some biological imperative.
Carlos Ruiz ZafónA gentleman's agreement cannot be broken because it breaks the person who has signed it.
Carlos Ruiz ZafónIn commercial art - and all art that is worthy of the name is commercial sooner or later - stupidity is almost always in the eye of the beholder.
Carlos Ruiz ZafónMyths and legends, either about divinities or the formation and history of peoples and races, began to look like pictures on a jigsaw puzzle, slightly different from one another but always built with the same pieces, though not in the same order.
Carlos Ruiz ZafónA young man is the perfect soldier. He has great potential for aggression and a limited critical capacity - or none at all - with which to analyse it and judge how to channel it.
Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe administrative and hierarchic aspects seem to be crucial in the evolution of belief systems. The truth is first revealed to all men, but very quickly individuals appear claiming sole authority and a duty to interpret, administer and, if need be, alter this truth in the name of the common good. To this end they establish a powerful and potentially repressive organisation. This phenomenon, which biology shows us is common to any social group, soon transforms the doctrine into a means of achieving control and political power. Divisions, wars and break-ups become inevitable. Sooner or later, the word becomes flesh and the flesh bleeds.
Carlos Ruiz ZafónWhy is it that the less one has to say the more one says it, and in the most pompous and pedantic way possible? Is it to fool the world or just to fool themselves?
Carlos Ruiz ZafónWhen we feel like victims, all our actions and beliefs are legitimised, however questionable they may be. Our opponents, or simply our neighbours, stop sharing common ground with us and become our enemies. We stop being aggressors and become defenders. The envy, greed or resentment that motivates us becomes sanctified, because we tell ourselves we're acting in self-defence. Evil, menace, those are always the preserve of the other.
Carlos Ruiz ZafónGood words are a vain benevolence that demand no sacrifice and are more appreciated than real acts of kindness.
Carlos Ruiz ZafónEl destino suele estar a la vuelta de la esquina. (…) Pero lo que no hace es visitas a domicilio. Hay que ir por él.
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